Urban Redevelopment in Guangzhou and Mumbai

Abstract

This chapter compares urban village and slum redevelopment in Guangzhou and Mumbai. It talks about the redevelopment of urban villages in Guangzhou that has displaced migrant tenants who lack local hukou and has enriched villager-landlords who have hukou and are also members of the incorporated village companies. It also explains the eligibility of slum residents in Mumbai for compensation that is decided according to when the residents settled in the slum and which can be negotiated through mobilization efforts by residents and housing non-government organizations (NGOs). The chapter explores how the two cities deploy different forms of exclusion that exemplifies territorial and associational forms of governance at work. It also reviews the use of hukou and membership in village companies in Guangzhou and a negotiable cut-off date in Mumbai.